The last war that I will cover in this section is World War II. As we all know this war had a major effect on Southeast Michigan from both a people and economic standpoint. We played a major part in supporting the war effort.
When looking for genealogical records related to this service you are left with two basic sets of records draft registration and enlistment records. The unfortunate part concerning these records is that the National Archives had a fire and many of these records were destroyed. The good news is that many of them survived.
The registration cards are very similar to those records covered for WWI. The document lists the persons name, birth, location of birth, occupation and personnel stats. It also tells where the person lived at the time of sign up.
The enlistment records give a brief description of where the person was mustered into the military. What part of the military did they serve. The document also gives what theater of the service the person served.
Again these records can be obtained from the National Archives or Ancestry (pay site) on the internet.
Over the next week I will start profiling the individual counties in Southeast Michigan. Please ask questions now or ideas you would like me to cover and I will include them. I am also still looking for peoples brick walls. Do you have ancestors in Southeast Michigan that you are having trouble with? Give me a try I will do it for free and it will be profiled on Saturdays in the blog.
